I'd say the lady with Mary is probably her P.A (personal assistant)....and before you say Caroline and Tanja are her P.A.'s I think Ladies-in-waiting are different to P.A's...P.A.'s probably help more behind the scenes, like shopping, organising, speech writing, whereas the L-I-W is the public face of assistance in a maybe a very limited way...Mary has to have a P.A. it makes sense, C & T can't do all those little things, because their focus is more on Mary's official public appearances...But I could be wrong, maybe it's just a friend of hers helping her out for the day...

I'd say the lady with Mary is probably her P.A (personal assistant)....and before you say Caroline and Tanja are her P.A.'s I think Ladies-in-waiting are different to P.A's...P.A.'s probably help more behind the scenes, like shopping, organising, speech writing, whereas the L-I-W is the public face of assistance in a maybe a very limited way...Mary has to have a P.A. it makes sense, C & T can't do all those little things, because their focus is more on Mary's official public appearances...But I could be wrong, maybe it's just a friend of hers helping her out for the day...

wow, i like your idea, I would love to have a PA, it would make my iife easier! that for sure! i am sur she has a lot of personal help that we don't know!

Thanks iceflower! What patience she must have to go on a shopping trip, however minor, and have photographers follow you in the store. On the other hand I think it's special that Royals can go out and shop, dine, etc. among the population. Gad, she still looks super in jeans and carrying twins. That makes me blue.

Yes and no. Joachim and Princess Marie usually have no PET officers around. Often there is not even a uniformed police officer around.

The Regent Couple, Mary and Frederik and their children all constantly have PET officers nearby.
I've noticed that some newspapers tend to "crop out" the PET officers when possible. Also in a picture of Mary's visit to Toys R Us, there was a shadow of a figure who simply smelled like PET. That picture is not here on this forum however.

I presume you use to that, going around with security, I really wonder how it is and how you feel?, all the time somebody behind you. I would love that for my daughter when she rich her teenager years!